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Visits abroad by Ruler of Qatar and members of his family, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani's visit to Switzerland via Egypt and Italy for medical treatment for dysentery and rheumatism and his means of financing the expedition (19-26) Copies of the Al Thani and Bani Jasim family trees (19-20). Reports by B A B Burrows and D C Carden about the Ruler of Qatar's visits to Egypt and Europe. Carden believes Sheikh Ali returned via Egypt in order to counter a move by the Bani Hamad (27)